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Your options are basically consignment/thrift stores, or learning to sew, unless you have the cash to drop on a new wardrobe every 15-20 lbs.
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It sounds tasty, but that might indeed be too long to cook avocado. I suggest leaving the avocado out of the slow-cooker, and just top the chicken with fresh slices of that, and a spritz of the lemon juice (also omit from the slowcooker) when you serve it up. The concoction you've suggested would also make a great filling…
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Deal-a-day sites geared toward women like ideeli, zulily, and Beyond the Rack routinely have lots of awesome bras on sale for crazy cheap! Also, I've had luck at Marshall's and TJ Maxx, but that's after spending 45 minutes shuffling through the racks to find, not *a* 38DDD/E, but *the* 38DDD/E bra. I'd be more irritated…
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My lunches this week have involved... - Egg salad sandwich on homemade white bread (omit or sub w/ gluten-free bread/tortilla or lettuce leaf) - Chicken salad made w/ shredded leg and thigh meat (yay for slow-cookers), plain Greek yogurt, celery, and Granny Smith apple chunks; the recipe I found also called for walnuts,…
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It took me a minute to figure out that GF stands for George Foreman, and for a second I thought you had a particularly talented girlfriend (and/or a really interesting paraphilia). So, ideas... - Sliced jalapeños, pepper jack cheese, and a bit of Greek yogurt mixed with your favorite hot sauce - A fried egg - Add some…
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Yes, I now wear an 8-8.5, usually regular width but sometimes wide for styles like flats. I used to wear a 9 or bigger, and at one point my feet were so wide all I could wear were 11s and dealt with the fact that they were tight and too long.
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This girl does not respect you. If you're going to live together, you both need to take care of your place. You're not a maid and shouldn't be made to feel like one. She's acting like a child and taking advantage of the fact that she KNOWS you will clean up after her eventually. You can ask her to help out as much as you…
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Maybe set a monthly, bi-monthly, or weekly mini-goal? action_figure is right, 5 months is a long time and it's easy to derail if your only goal is "stay on target!" I'm pretty confident I can reach my final GW by Christmas; starting tomorrow I'm going to be out of the house 10 hours a day 5 days a week, so I'll be more…
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The longer this topic goes on, the more I'm convinced OP is going to have to have a long and difficult conversation with this girl. If this is going to be an issue, it needs to be addressed swiftly; resentment and contempt for one another are the kisses of death for healthy relationships.
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By "praise" I think that person meant "acknowledge and thank." Not "oh, honey, you did such a good job running the dishwasher! yes you did! good girl! who wants a treat?", but rather "Hey, thanks for running the dishwasher, I appreciate it." If you're constantly asking her to clean up, but never notice or say anything when…
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If it's not your house (temporary arrangement?) then why are you cleaning it? Your sister is grown-up enough to be married and have kids, so she's grown up enough to clean her own damn house. Or, failing that, pay someone else to do it. I mean, if you're gonna play housekeeper, you should at least get paid for it; all the…
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I have a floor and a pair of running shoes. That's all I need.
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I use the term "flexitarian" to describe myself. I have no moral, ethical, or dietary qualms about eating meat; it's just expensive, so I don't eat very much of it. A few nights a week, maybe.
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Nope, some of them sacrificed a toddler to Strenua, Roman goddess of physical prowess and strength, and the next morning they woke up jacked.
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Eggs seriously don't take a lot of time or effort, and they're cheap, filling, and versatile. I can make scrambled eggs and get them from the fridge to the table in ten minutes. More if I decide to add stuff and make omelettes (or, more accurately, meat/veggie scrambles; still can't quite nail the fold-and-flip), but most…
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I have a pair of $7 Gumy headphones from Walmart. They've survived through months of sweaty workouts.
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Just chiming in to say that I don't know about an 18 week C25K, but I have a 12-week plan that's a little more forgiving than the standard 9-week plan: http://imgur.com/vgdNZ ETA: W3D3 has a typo, you are supposed to walk 10 minutes, then do 3 sets of alternating running for 3 minutes and walking for 2 minutes, not running…
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Here's my method, and it uses less water than running the eggs under the faucet (also handy as i don't have a garbage disposal). 1. Take eggs out of the fridge. 2. Put some water in a pot, along with a healthy shake of salt/baking soda/vinegar. If the eggs crack, this addition will help the escaping white congeal faster,…
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Same way you make any change: consciously, one step at a time, until it's second nature. If you're striking with the heel, consciously think about striking with the mid-foot when you run. What you do with your arms is really up to you, whatever is comfortable is fine. The only tips I've seen about arm movement is to avoid…
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You could put it in a tall, skinny glass...or a short, wide one...or a hurricane glass, mixed with some pineapple juice and rum...
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Happy birthday! I say you should enjoy your day. It's OK to indulge every so often, just don't make it a regular thing and you'll be fine. There are going to be occasions where it's impossible or impractical to eat perfectly healthily, and you just have to roll with it. And there will be occasions where you just really…
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Stir fry! It's easy to add plenty of flavor without adding plenty of calories, and it's super-flexible. Here's what I usually do: INGREDIENTS - 1 medium onion, diced - 1 or 2 garlic cloves, minced - 1/2 to 1 bell pepper, chopped - 1/2 head of broccoli, chopped (approx. 1 cup) (this is also a great way to use the stalk once…
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Yeah, you can do that. I created an exercise called "Banked calories" if I'm purposefully saving for a special event, like a birthday dinner or something. You can specify the calorie burn if you have a HRM or something, so I just log "banked calories" as exercise and input the number of calories I've saved, and it…
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Mon-Wed-Fri is cardio, and right now we're doing C25K; my SO and I run/walk up and down the boardwalk in the evenings. Wood is more comfortable to run on than concrete or asphalt. Tue-Thur-Sat is strength. We're combining the 100 Pushups, 200 Squats, and 200 Situps programs, and we just do those on the floor of the…
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Walmart, mostly. I'm going to get them all sweaty and shrink out of them anyway, why shell out for fancy designer stuff? Once I get to a point where I want to maintain my weight, maybe I'll bother with that. I got my running shoes at a Shoe Carnival, since that's the closest thing to a specialty store I have near me.
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If thinking too far ahead is overwhelming, take it one month, one week, or even one day at a time. "Today, I will not eat any sweets." "This week, I will go running three times." "By the end of this month, I will be able to do 20 pushups." Set SMART goals for yourself. SMART is an acronym, which stands for Specific,…
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Eat less and move more. The fewer steps there are for a given food between "living in nature" and "digesting in your tummy," the better. Avoiding things that come out of a box is a pretty good rule if you're not totally sure what you should be eating yet, but I do encourage you to do your own research on food and…
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This comment made me shudder. I love eggs, I eat a couple every day at least, but raw egg white is just disgusting to me. Yolks are fine, I don't mind an uncooked yolk, but the white just looks like a big ol' loogie to me when it's uncooked, all clear and jiggly.
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Some people "****ing around on their cell phones" between sets may be taking down notes or updating a workout app. If you can see that they're blatantly on Facebook then that's one thing, but assuming everyone with a phone in their hand is ****ing around is unfair.
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While running, never trust a fart.
